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Most Favored Maryland Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Maryland. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Johns Hopkins University, has the highest yield rate of 51.22% for academic year 2022-2023 in Maryland. St. John's College is positioned second with 26.53% yield and Bowie State University follows them with 25%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Maryland.
Most Favored Maryland Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Johns Hopkins University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBaltimore, MD
51.22% 37,844 2,745 1,406 7.25%
2St. John's College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsAnnapolis, MD
26.53% 982 490 130 49.90%
3Bowie State University
Public, four-yearsBowie, MD
25.21% 5,445 4,712 1,188 86.54%
4Coppin State University
Public, four-yearsBaltimore, MD
23.40% 3,299 1,483 347 44.95%
5University of Baltimore
Public, four-yearsBaltimore, MD
23.13% 150 134 31 89.33%
6University of Maryland-College Park
Public, four-yearsCollege Park, MD
23.10% 56,761 25,320 5,849 44.61%
7University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Public, four-yearsBaltimore, MD
23.08% 11,534 9,291 2,144 80.55%
8Towson University
Public, four-yearsTowson, MD
19.12% 17,770 13,967 2,671 78.60%
9Salisbury University
Public, four-yearsSalisbury, MD
18.72% 8,108 7,383 1,382 91.06%
10Stevenson University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsOwings Mills, MD
18.46% 4,793 4,031 744 84.10%